Environmental Science

Local golfers have won the first round in the battle over how to redevelop Mission Bay’s northeast corner, frustrating environmentalists, recreational vehicle owners and groups lobbying for other amenities.

Community leaders and environmentalists had lobbied for Mission Bay Golf Course to be shrunk or eliminated to free up acreage for other activities and the restoration of marshland to fight sea level rise.

But San Diego leaders are moving forward with a proposal that would leave the golf course intact and restore less marshland than environmentalists recommended.

The proposal is also unpopular with RV owners, who are angry the Campland on the Bay RV Park would become...

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